Starting to worry now. Please advise.

[kickingmyhead]

1) It is absolutely possible, maybe even probable that you have just panicked yourself silly man. The fact you knew about the sides etc. means you were probably looking for them, and the brain is incredibly powerful when it comes to sexual shit... It is highly likely you are absolutely fine but you need to make sure you don't work yourself into a place where this manifests as a complex...

4) Bad idea but don't panic, put it in the bin and move on from taking the poison.


In your shoes id do these things...

1) Don't panic and get on with life

2) It certainly won't harm for you to clean up your diet... with your crohn's not sure how much it limits your diet but do the basics... eat clean and organic, plenty of water, avoid alcohol for a little while, keep exercising and get plenty of sleep. Just see it as a month or two 'fitness kick', nothing bad will come of that.

3) Keep yourself busy so your not analysing every single symptom and dwelling on things. Get out of the house and do shit.

Points 4, 5 and 6 are all the same as point 1, it is that important.

It sounds like there are a tonne of confounding factors (your crohn's, your disposition to worry, the fact you have a cold and were hungover, etc.) that all point towards this in all likelihood being you mindfucking yourself. Avoid masturbation for a month or so too (be strict on this) just to make sure you are not doing it to 'test if it works' and panicking yourself half to death.

Go away and live well for a short period, and I think it is highly likely you will be more than fine.

Also, avoid this place and all other places with discussion on things finasteride... you don't want to be worrying yourself into PFS.

Thanks for the quickly reply, Swill. Much appreciated.

I'll say that you've done something to ease my fears. I am not certain what is happening with me and "it's all in my head" is a possibility. However, I've read that poor gut health and diet is a factor in PFS. Having Crohn's and an only okay diet (one in which I have been drinking a lot...like daily for the past few months although my Crohn's docs say this is not much to worry about for GI health) is making me quite worried. When I say drinking, I mean maybe a beer but more likely at least two a night. I like IPAs. What do you think of that? I have vowed to stop drinking and smoking entirely for the forseeable future.

Also, my GF, with whom I've already talked with about my fears, is supposed to come over tomorrow. I am anxious about what will happen if we start making out. She was super supportive of my earlier, though, so at least I'm lucky enough to have an amazing girlfriend.

I am trying to avoid PFS related message boards. Went to PH yesterday and man what a bad idea for my anxiety. Only good thing is it lead me here where everyone seems to have a great attitude. I want to continue posting here for a bit to see what others might have to say and what you might say in response to this.

Also, let's say I do try to move on. How will I know if there is something wrong? Should I get labs taken?

[coppersocks]

Hey man,
Labs won't tell the whole picture and often don't show anything out of the ordinary at all. This is gonna sound annoying but the best thing to do now is to put it out of your head for a while and check back in in a six weeks or so. When I first crashed I was in communication with a guy who quit the exact same time as me and after a month or so he was completely back to his old self pretty much, this is the case for the vast majority of people and its only the few that develop longer term symptoms.
My advice to you for now is to focus on things that you enjoy and to maybe add some of the techniques from the "Calming the mind" section of CD's protocol to help take your mind off of it and also quit porn as this will just make you worse whatever is going on. You may have some finasteride induced ED that will go away in a week to a month (as often happens), you may just be vexing yourself with your thought process or it maybe the very unlikely scenario of PFS but in any case no matter which one it is, the best you can do is to just not worry about it and live your life. If you still have ED in a month then absolutely go all out on the protocol. There's no better way to getting better.

And on that note, in the very unlikely scenario that you do have long term sides, know that it isn't the end of the world. We're all still here, living our lives and having moments where we laugh at jokes, enjoy movies and stimulating conversation and feeling awesome at the gym. Things maybe a bit harder with PFS and there are days where it can be pretty shit if you suffer from the mental sides in particular, but at the end of the day it's still alright though. If you do the things you like and surround yourself with the people you love then what else is there? PFS can't beat you unless you let it. Don't sweat it.

[Cdsnuts]

I am trying to avoid PFS related message boards. Went to PH yesterday and man what a bad idea for my anxiety. Only good thing is it lead me here where everyone seems to have a great attitude. I want to continue posting here for a bit to see what others might have to say and what you might say in response to this.

You're trying to avoid PFS boards but went there anyway? Don't try to avoid them.....AVOID THEM. No one is making you log on to those garbage sites. As you now know they do not serve you in any way possible and only act to make things worse.

If you have a compulsion to log on to any sites, come here and read the recovery stories or the progress that others who are following the protocol are making.

A proper mindset goes a LONG way to getting your fixed.